Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)

[Arcadia]

Or better still, a good sharp box cutter.

[J.P.]

So, I did it again. Or better said - I didn't. For some strange reason I hate planning vacations. And afterwards I'm angry at myself that I didn't planned something and went to see more of the big world. Was procrastinating using the mad time we have at work as an excuse. And now - as so  many times before, I have 3 weeks and no plan. I definitely need a PA.

[Arcadia]

Be spontaneous!

[J.P.]

<-- me, spontaneous

[Arcadia]

That's just pathetic. :p Here, maybe this will inspire you.

[Carol the Dabbler]

 

 

 

The really sad part is, at least three of those are real!

 

[Van Buren Supernova]

The really sad part is, at least three of those are real!

 

Please, please tell me it's not the Unusual Body Hair museum.

 

. And now - as so  many times before, I have 3 weeks and no plan.

         

I would drug.. oops..put questionable amount of sugar in coffee of everyone in the room for a chance to plan and execute 3 weeks vacation.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

The really sad part is, at least three of those are real!

 

Please, please tell me it's not the Unusual Body Hair museum.

It's not. (There, do you feel better now?)

 

But there actually is a Giant Ball of Twine exhibit somewhere (apparently Kansas).  Rumor has it that Detroit exists (and I'm willing to believe that Emo does as well).  I'm too scared to check on some of the others!

 

[Arcadia]

The Birthplace of Dennis Kucinich is real, it's called "Cleveland." :p

[SherlockedCAMPer]

There's also a ball of twine in Minnesota. I saw it about 18 years ago. Seems like there might be 3 different giant balls of twine in the U.S.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Good heavens -- no wonder the people in all those other countries are jealous of us!  :P

 

I've also seen an article about a giant ball of paint somewhere.  For a small donation, they'll let you dab on another coat.

 

[Arcadia]

That Giant Ball of Paint ... it's in your backyard, isn't it? :p

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9792

[Van Buren Supernova]

Oh my!
We learn something new everyday...

I actually have to google to see what exactly giant ball of twine is.
But why on earth there are so many giant balls of twine in US? :lol:

In one of the story, the maker said he dedicated 4 hours a day for years. That's quite...uhmmm....why????

 

I once had to do something repetitive for two weeks, on my own will, colorful, in comfort of own bedroom,

folding 1000 crane origami, and it's almost unbearable and made me feel like a zombie.

Can't imagine how he did it.

[Arcadia]

But why on earth there are so many giant balls of twine in US? :lol:

It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.....

[Carol the Dabbler]

That Giant Ball of Paint ... it's in your backyard, isn't it? :P

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9792

 

I had to look up Alexandria, but yeah, it's not too far from here.  It'll be an easy day trip, whenever we develop a hankering to see a Giant Paint Blob.

 

But why on earth there are so many giant balls of twine in US? :lol:

In one of the story, the maker said he dedicated 4 hours a day for years. That's quite...uhmmm....why????

 

I once had to do something repetitive for two weeks, on my own will, colorful, in comfort of own bedroom,

folding 1000 crane origami....

 

... and yet you question why someone would create something truly meaningful, like a Giant Ball of Twine?

 

The twine balls probably got started because some people hate to throw away anything that might come in handy someday.  I will admit to being one of those people, and will also admit to having a ball of twine about 2" across in my kitchen junk drawer.  If it ever gets as big as a baseball, I could start painting it.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

There's a rubber band ball at my church.  I'm surprised the office staff haven't grabbed it from it's hiding place at the usher's kiosk.  It's been sitting there for a couple of months untouched which is rather unusual (and there's been no rubber bands to add to it either which is just as odd).

[Van Buren Supernova]

The twine balls probably got started because some people hate to throw away anything that might come in handy someday.  I will admit to being one of those people, and will also admit to having a ball of twine about 2" across in my kitchen junk drawer.  If it ever gets as big as a baseball, I could start painting it.

Yup, I am in 'those will come in handy someday' especially in art and craft when almost all resources are basically junks. But sometimes I have nerve-snap and would throw away everything too.

 

However giant ball of twine sound like wasting resources to me.

(I mistyped giant twine of ball and got horrified with mental image that crossed my mind :lol:)

[Van Buren Supernova]

There's a rubber band ball at my church.  I'm surprised the office staff haven't grabbed it from it's hiding place at the usher's kiosk.  It's been sitting there for a couple of months untouched which is rather unusual (and there's been no rubber bands to add to it either which is just as odd).

Try if it bounces well! I would.

[Arcadia]

I worked with someone once who linked all her paperclips together in one lonnnnnnnnng chain. Boring jobs will do that to you.

[Carol the Dabbler]

... giant ball of twine sound like wasting resources to me.

 

It does seem unlikely that anyone would ever avail themselves of a bit of twine from one of those giant balls -- the curator might smack 'em upside the head!

 

However, a traditional ball of twine is made up of bits and pieces that would otherwise have been thrown away.  Wrapping them into a ball keeps the twine from tangling and keeps it handy for those occasions when one might need a piece of twine.  Such balls do tend to grow over time, though, because supply tends to outpace demand.

 

My own ball grew pretty steadily few years ago, when we were buying a brand of cat litter that came in bags made of heavy paper, stitched closed at top and bottom with lightweight twine.  They stopped making that brand, though, and what we're buying now comes in glued bags, so my ball of twine has become something of an heirloom.

 

[Arcadia]

....my ball of twine has become something of an heirloom.

 

[Shadow Dweller]

There's a rubber band ball at my church. I'm surprised the office staff haven't grabbed it from it's hiding place at the usher's kiosk. It's been sitting there for a couple of months untouched which is rather unusual (and there's been no rubber bands to add to it either which is just as odd).

Not melting a bit in summer due to high temperature?

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Just enough air conditioning to keep it from melting.

[Carol the Dabbler]

If you want a rant, get me started on how they make the waistbands of jeans now. Used to be, when you bent over in a pair of jeans, the jeans bent with you; the waist stayed on your waist. Now the waistband stays parallel to the ground, so that when you bend, you bend right out of them, revealing, ah, regions you'd rather keep private, thank you.  <snip>  So apparently jeans manufacturers think this is a feature we desire? What ARE they smoking??!?!?!?

 

I finally found some jeans at L. L. Bean recently that at least claim to have the waist at one's natural waistline, and I guess they do -- but if I buy them the right size for for my hips, the waist is far too generously sized.  If I try to make the waist fit by wearing a belt, it puckers like mad.

 

I hate those "boy style" jeans with a passion - like you said, Carol, if the hips fit the waist is way too wide and sticks out.

 

We must not be the only people in the world with this problem, because I just found a bunch of videos on YouTube showing fairly easy ways to take in the waist of your jeans -- for example, this one and this one.  And if you look at the list of suggested videos along the right side of either of those pages, you'll see lots more as well.  Some methods would probably work better on some styles of jeans, and other methods on other styles.  Time for bed now, but I'm gonna have a look at my Bean jeans tomorrow and see what might work on them.

[T.o.b.y]

Good luck, Carol...

 

I've had many clothes altered. In the town where I went to uni, there was an actual tailor with a little shop and a little sewing machine who did that kind of thing for so modest a price that the total cost of the garment was still within my reach as a student. I called it "the poor woman's tailored clothing". But he retired, and I moved away. So sad... :( Never tried to have jeans altered, though. I always assumed that was kind of impossible.

 

What a day! First I could hardly sleep at all during the night because there was this huge bug in my room and it kept flying around my head and driving me crazy. Then when I wanted to make coffee in the morning, I knocked over the pot and spilled brown liquid and coffee grinds all over my kitchen. By the time I had cleaned everything up, I was late for work and had had no breakfast and no coffee. I wasn't very much use today... Finally one of the lovely women who assist me at my current occupation sent me home at four and promised to tell my supervisor I had a migraine in case he asked for me.